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Operation ‘Chammal’ was the French participation in “Operation Inherent Resolve”. The French Rafale Cs in Jordan were stationed at Base Aérienne Projetée (BAP, Deployed Air Base) a couple of hours from Amman International Airport. This places the Rafales only minutes flying time to the Syrian and Iraqi borders. Between December 18, 2014 and January 7, 2015 the French AF conducted 45 missions against ISIS with Rafales and Mirages carrying out 30 of these missions. One of the Rafale Cs was 30+IX MSN 119 assigned to EC 3/30.